Kevin Muench joined the ACLU of Kentucky in September 2022 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, sponsored by AIG.
Kevin has dedicated his career to empowering people in the South who are systematically repressed through our social systems. He began his career working in healthcare policy and the Atlanta non-profit community but transitioned to law and has since focused on voting rights issues and criminal legal system reform. Working at the ACLU to achieve racial and social justice in the South has been Kevin's dream, and he is excited to build a better Kentucky alongside community members.
As an Equal Justice Works fellow, Kevin will focus on making voting more accessible for people in pre-trial detention at Kentucky's jails. He will also assist the legal team's litigation practice in hopes of promoting a more representative democracy and ensuring dignity for people impacted by the criminal legal system. Kevin is now admitted to practice in Kentucky. Kevin earned his Bachelor's degree in Finance from Georgia Tech, with a minor in Biology. He earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law as a Furman Public Policy Scholar. At NYU, he served as an executive editor for the Review of Law & Social Change. His paper "Severing the Link Between Wealth and Voting" earned the Leonard Henkin Prize for the most outstanding student paper on the Fourteenth Amendment. Before graduation, Kevin interned with the Office of the State Public Defender in Montana, the ACLU Racial Justice Project, the ACLU of Georgia, Campaign Legal Center, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Outside of work, Kevin enjoys running, exploring Louisville, and buying books faster than he can read them.